Rocket girls split two league games BY DAVID PEDERSEN CROW RIVER NEWS The good news for Rockford’s boys basketball team is it will open the Section 5AA playoffs at home, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 despite being the No. 5 seed. The top four teams get first-round home games before moving to the neutra...Read More

Gymnasts compete at state meet BY DAVe PEDERSEN CROW RIVER NEWS The Rockford-Delano boys hockey team opened the Section 2A tournament with a 4-3 victory over St. Louis Park last Thursday. If the team defeated Orono in the semifinals Tuesday after this issue went to press, Rockford-Delano would likel...Read More

By Jake Schroer Crow River News Sports STMA defeated Rogers 72-69 and Monticello 72-29 to get back on track after a loss against Eden Prairie. The Lady Knights ended Rogers’ 13-game winning streak one game after their own 13-game streak came to an end. A close game throughout, the Knights held a 3...Read More

Six Rockets place in section’s top four BY DAVe PEDERSEN CROW RIVER NEWS Rockford wrestling coach Kelly Shaughnessy knew there would be a slim chance that senior Kato Cano could qualify for the State Class AA tournament if he followed the right path. First Cano had to move up to a higher weight cl...Read More

By Jake Schroer Crow River News Sports 11 STMA penalties led to six power-play goals for Cloquet-Esko-Carlton as the Lumberjacks defeated the Knights 9-4 in front of a packed house at the Albertville Arena. Things got off to a bad start when Logan Nelson committed a roughing penalty just 12 seconds ...Read More

The St. Michael-Albertville wrestling team will be sending 12 individuals to the State Wrestling Tourney, the most-ever, since entering Section 7AAA in 2009, by an STMA wrestling team. The Knights earned their 12 state tournament berths by wrestlers placing in the “top 2” of their respective wei...Read More

Brolsma, Carline to represent Osseo in the Big Show Top-rated Osseo senior Carson Brolsma will make his fifth straight trip to the Minnesota State High School Wrestling Tournament this weekend (Feb. 26-28) at the XCEL Center in St. Paul. Brolsma will be joined by sophomore Nicholas Carline, who will...Read More

The Maple Grove wrestling team fell short of its goal of going to state as a team for the second straight season when they lost to Centennial in the section team final two weeks ago. But the Crimson almost made up for it with a superb section individual tournament at Osseo last weekend. Eight Crimso...Read More